Horst LudwigEmeriti
Born in Germany, experienced as a child the Second World War in war-torn Germany and the post-war time. Academic education in West Germany (member of the student parliament and assistant at the Foreign Office of the Free University, contact scholarships with two Swedish universities und invitation to Iceland by the then prime minister Bjarni Benediktsson) and the United States (Fulbright exchange student). International study travel on three continents in over 15 countries; twice exchange professor for an academic year to Kansai Gaidai (Kansai University of Foreign Studies; taught courses in English, German and American Culture). Prizes for poetry in German and haiku and tanka (poetry in the tradition of Japanese poetic forms.)
Areas of Expertise
German Language, Literature, Culture; Haiku, and Recent spelling reform in the German-speaking countries
Interests
Courses Taught
Synonym | Title | Times Taught | Terms Taught |
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GER-101 | German I | 15 | 2011/FA, 2010/FA, 2009/FA, 2008/FA, 2007/FA, 2006/FA, 2005/FA, 2003/FA, 2001/FA, and 1999/FA |
GER-102 | German II | 14 | 2012/SP, 2011/SP, 2010/SP, 2009/SP, 2008/SP, 2006/SP, 2004/SP, 2002/SP, and 2000/SP |
GER-201 | Interm German I | 12 | 2011/FA, 2010/FA, 2009/FA, 2008/FA, 2007/FA, 2005/FA, 2004/FA, 2002/FA, and 2000/FA |
GER-202 | Interm German II | 8 | 2012/SP, 2011/SP, 2009/SP, 2008/SP, 2005/SP, 2003/SP, 2001/SP, and 1999/SP |
GER-251 | Conversa and Comp I | 8 | 2011/FA, 2009/FA, 2006/FA, 2005/FA, 2004/FA, 2003/FA, 2002/FA, and 2000/FA |
GER-252 | Conversatn & Comp II | 7 | 2010/SP, 2008/SP, 2006/SP, 2005/SP, 2004/SP, 2003/SP, and 2000/SP |
GER-376 | Structure of German | 5 | 2006/SP, 2005/SP, 2003/SP, 2001/SP, and 1999/SP |
GER-100 | Structures of German | 5 | 2006/JN, 2004/JN, 2003/JN, 2001/JN, and 2000/JN |
GER-372 | Lyric Poetry | 3 | 2009/SP, 2001/SP, and 1999/SP |
GER-373 | Modern Drama | 3 | 2007/FA, 2001/FA, and 1999/FA |
GER-371 | Short Prose | 2 | 2008/FA and 2002/FA |
GER-399 | Culture & Civilization | 2 | 2008/SP and 2006/FA |
MFL-144 | Appreciate/Write Haiku | 2 | 2003/JN and 2002/SP |
MLC-244 | ST: Intro to Haiku | 1 | 2011/SP |
GER-099 | German Major Exam | 1 | 2009/SP |